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Export settings reference for Premiere Pro

Detailed reference of all the export settings available in Premiere Pro.

Video

Video settings vary based on the export Format you have chosen.  Each format has unique requirements that determine what settings are available. For more information, see Supported file formats.

Note:

Some capture cards and plug-in software provide their own dialog boxes with specific options. If the options you see are different from the options described here, see the documentation for your capture card or plug in.

Basic Video Settings

Match Source

Lets you automatically match export settings to the source’s settings.

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Frame Size

Contains a list of common video frame sizes to choose from. 

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Frame Rate

Frame Rate dictates how many frames of video are shown per second during playback. 

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Field Order

Specifies whether the exported file has progressive frames or frames made up of interlaced fields. 

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Aspect

The pixel aspect ratio of the video. Pixel aspect ratio (PAR) describes the ratio of width to height of a single video pixel.

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Render at Maximum Depth

Renders effects using the highest bit depth supported by the current format (in most cases, 32-bit float processing).

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Transparency

Enables you to export GIFs with transparency. 

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Use Maximum Render Quality

Helps preserve details and avoid aliasing when scaling to a frame size different from your source media.

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Render Alpha Channel Only

Used for sources that contain an alpha channel.

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Time Interpolation

Time Interpolation comes into play when the frame rate of your exported media is different from your source media.

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Encoding Settings

You can prepare the video for output by specifying preferred formats.

Performance

(H.264 and HEVC only) – Hardware Accelerated is the default choice where Premiere Pro uses the available hardware on your system to speed up encoding times.

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Profile

Common profiles for H.264 file formats.

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Level

Limits the range of choices available for Frame Size, Frame Rate, Field Order, Aspect, bit rate, chroma, and other compression settings.

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Export Color Space

The color space used for the exported file.  Defaults to Rec. 709 for most presets.

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HDR Graphics White (Nits)

Describes the target luminance for the appearance of a solid white color in an HDR scene. 

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Include HDR10 Metadata

Provides the HDR playback device with details about your content so that it can be displayed properly and look its best.

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Color Primaries

Color gamut of the HDR monitor used while grading your content

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Luminance Min (cd/m^2)

Minimum capable luminance of the HDR monitor used while grading your content.

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Luminance Max (cd/m^2)

Maximum capable luminance of the HDR monitor used while grading your content. 

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Maximum  (cd/m^2)

The maximum luminance of the content in your program.

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Average  (cd/m^2)

The maximum average level of light per frame. 

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Bitrate Settings

Bitrate is the amount of data in a video or audio signal measured in bits per second. Generally speaking, higher bitrates produce better quality video and audio, while lower bitrates create media that is easier to play back over slow Internet connections.

Advanced Settings

Key Frame Distance: Enable this option to specify how often keyframes (aka I-frames) are inserted in your exported video. In general, a lower keyframe value results in a higher-quality video but may increase file size. When disabled, Premiere Pro chooses the appropriate keyframe distance based on the export format and frame rate. 

VR Video

You can export 360-degree footage the same way as regular footage. VR 360 allows you to edit in equirectangular and dual spherical formats. The footage is monoscopic and stereoscopic. Exporting equirectangular video is like exporting any other type of video, with a few caveats. For more information, see Working with immersive VR video.

Check the Video is VR check box and configure the Frame Layout and Horizontal and Vertical Fields of View. The Frame Layout options enable you to convert the Frame Layout between monoscopic, stereoscopic (over/under), and stereoscopic (side by side).

Audio

Audio Format Settings

Formats like H.264, HEVC (H.265), and MPEG2-DVD support multiple audio formats.  For these formats, a menu appears, allowing you to export to different audio formats. 

Basic Audio Settings

Bitrate Settings

The Bitrate [kbps] is the output bit rate of the audio. Generally, higher bit rates increase both quality and file size.

Multiplexer

Formats like H.264, HEVC (H.265), and MPEG include a Multiplexer section that controls how video and audio data are merged into a single stream (aka “muxing”). When Multiplexing is set to None, video and audio streams are exported as separate files.

For more information about MPEG options, see the relevant MPEG specifications for MPEG-4 (ISO/IEC 14496) and MPEG-2 (ISO/IEC 13818) and the Wikipedia website.

Captions

Captions are typically used to display the audio portion of a video as text on televisions and other devices that support the display of closed captions.

If your sequence contains caption tracks, the Caption section of Export mode will provide options for handling the caption information. The Captions section is disabled if the source sequence does not contain any caption tracks.

Effects

The Effects section lets you add various effects to your exported media, such as Lumetri color adjustments, HDR to SDR conversion, Image, and text and timeline overlays.

Export Tone Mapping

Select among three different tone mapping methods to create SDR deliverables from an HDR working color space.

Under the Effects section, enable Tone Mapping and select the Tone Mapping Method according to your working color gamut.

You can also adjust the exposure and saturation of highlights before exporting.

The UI shows shows Effects section of the Export window, with three Tone Mapping Methods highlighted.
Three different tone mapping methods can be selected depending on your source material.

You can also preview the effects you apply on the Export screen. To disable all effects, turn off the option on the Effects header.

For more information, see Effects settings.

Metadata

Metadata is a set of descriptive information about a media file. Metadata can include information like creation date, file format, and timeline markers. 

An export template specifies what XMP metadata gets written to the output file. For example, you can create an export template that includes various XMP metadata from the source files and add your contact information and rights-management information to each output file. 

The export template filters out any fields that are not explicitly enabled by the current template. The only exceptions are internal properties that are automatically populated with data by the creator application, which are always included and are not editable. 

To create your own export template, click New next to the Export Template menu. You can enable individual fields or categories by selecting them in the Export Template Editor dialog box. To find specific fields, use the search field near the top of the Export Template Editor dialog box. Be sure to give your export template a descriptive name. 

You can edit an existing custom export template by choosing it from the Export Template menu and clicking Edit

After you have applied an export template, you can also manually enter values to add specific XMP metadata to the current encoding queue items. 

Some fields are not editable and can’t be excluded from output, such as fields that are written automatically by the creator application. For example, the Format field in the Dublin Core schema and the Video Frame Rate field in the Dynamic Media schema are set by Premiere Pro to accurately describe the output file, and these fields are not user-editable. Also, values that are specified by the current export template appear as not editable; to change these values, change the template or apply a different template. 

Any field that doesn’t contain data, either from the template or manually entered, gets excluded from the exported XMP metadata. Empty fields are not written to the output file.

To open the Metadata Export dialog, click the Metadata dialog button in the Metadata section.

Metadata Export
Metadata Export

Export Options

These options determine how XMP metadata is saved with your exported file.

 

Include clip and sequence markers

Include marker information if it exists in the source.  For clips, clip markers will be exported.  For sequences, only sequence markers will be exported (clip markers on clips in the sequence will not be included).

Set Start Timecode

When enabled, you can set the starting timecode for the exported clip.  This will override the native timecode in the source.

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